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Cairo Elementary School reports 22% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Cairo Elementary School fell to 22 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cairo USD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 31 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 257 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Cairo Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
10
22
10
93
92
94
2014
49
58
9
92
91
95
2015
54
59
9
92
91
94
2016
49
60
10
94
92
94
2017
22
31
11
94
92
94

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